Special Diets: Cooking for Allergies and Intolerances with BBC Good Food

Explore the basic principles of food safety

Whether you’re experiencing an allergy or intolerance, or you’re cooking for someone with special dietary requirements, this five-week course will take you through the basics of safely preparing meals free from allergens.

You’ll learn how to maintain nutritional balance while trying to avoid the top food allergens such as gluten, dairy, peanuts, and eggs.

With this knowledge, you’ll have the confidence to find and cook delicious recipes to enjoy and share.

Understand the difference between food intolerance and allergy

The course will break down the most common types of food allergens before exploring the difference between an allergy and intolerance.

This understanding will help you navigate food labels and restaurant menus for different dietary requirements.

Learn how to avoid food allergens and cook safe meals

On the course, you’ll explore ingredient alternatives as you research and choose satisfying, delicious, and safe recipes.

You’ll be guided by the experts at BBC Good Food as you experiment with new foods, flavours, and techniques to support your health.

By the end of the course, you’ll know how to create balanced and nutritious meals and recognise allergens in recipes so that you can modify your meals without losing taste.

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about food allergies and intolerances.

You may have an existing food allergy/intolerance or you might want to understand how to cater to family or friends with a dietary requirement.

If you want to develop your knowledge further, you may be interested in these courses. They’re from the same provider and share the same overall learning outcomes:

• Sweet Tooth: Understanding Sugar and the Body with BBC Good Food
• Fibre, Fermentation & the Gut with BBC Good Food
• Healthy Vegan Cooking with BBC Good Food

• What is a special diet?
• Welcome
• Are you allergic?
• What else could it be?
• What’s next?
• Food safety
• Welcome
• Common allergens
• Food safety
• What’s next?
• Alternatives
• Welcome
• Which substitute?
• Tricky substitutes
• What’s next?
• Take it to the kitchen
• Welcome
• Let’s get cooking
• Taking it to the next level
• What’s next?